Thursday, March 15, 2007

Online OSI Quiz

The OSI model is a framework for defining communication standards. You should read the hand out from your teacher and the High Tech Talk at the end of Chapter 9.

  • Be able to identify and describe each of the layers i.e. Layer 7 is the Application Layer. The application layer provides network services to user applications.
  • Be able to identify protocols operating at each layer i.e. Layer 7/ Application Layer - File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) etc
  • Be able to identify hardware devices defined at each layer i.e. Layer 3 / Network Layer - Routers (forwards packets along optimal path)

This quiz may help you check your understanding - http://gocertify.com/quizzes/osi/

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